Stories I Remember

My Pilgrimage to Wisdom: ​A Spiritual Autobiography

An autobiography of the author’s pilgrimage to greater wisdom & deeper spirituality

At six, Stevie [later Reynold] Feldman first heard the Voice—not his but that of an older man. Since then at key moments the Voice has visited him again, telling him things he needed to know or do. Nothing in his secular middle-class Jewish background had prepared him for these visitations. Neither did his years at boarding school, nor his three degrees from Yale. Other influences were more helpful… A personal wisdom narrative, Stories I Remember shows one way in which people can become citizens of a world united by a shared humanity, not divided by religious, cultural, and other differences.

“C.S. Lewis titled his autobiography Surprised by Joy. Reynold Ruslan Feldman might have called his Opened by the Light. His 50-year practice of interfaith Subud provides the framework for his astonishingly detailed, utterly captivating recollected stories. His travels read like a novel: The transformation of a travelin’ man into a pilgrim. His journey underscores how contemplation is the link between belief and practice and that experience in practice feeds the soul, trumping belief every time.” (John D. Maguire, President emeritus, Claremont University consortium & Graduate University)

“Ruslan is an engaging storyteller with an open heart, sense of humor, and vision. A capacity for detail and a passion to share draw us into his story—a search and appreciation for wisdom. He gives the reader a sense that it is possible to raise existence to something fine and meaningful. I highly recommend Stories to your reading list.” (Lenore Banchoff, poet, Menlo Park, California

​“Reynold Ruslan Feldman has never been one to ‘color within the lines.’ As a result, his life journey has taken him across boundaries of many sorts, not least national and religious boundaries, and has been enormously colorful…. In Stories I Remember all of us will find encouragement to lose our fear of ‘the other,’ and, in the process, start to feel more at home on the face of the earth, where the One Light is refracted in so many illuminating ways.” (Parker J. Palmer, author, Let Your Life Speak and The Courage to Teach, among others)